Quick News.............
06/04/19 - PDVS2's are available NOW! I have also taken the opportunity to make some tweaks to my online shop - Added multiple currency's & tweaked some of the forms when purchasing so a bit more readable!
31/03/19 - PDVS2's will be available within a day or so, the new batch is all tested and ready, I am just working out a couple of teething issues with my new shipper (UPS). Also, just a note, this site now automatically redirects to an SSL connection (https) in order for the UPS integration to work properly.
07/10/18 - Video Blog #038 updated with some photos of the app running in various modes.
01/07/18 - Donate to IanJohnston.com using PayPal here, or pledge a donation via Patreon here.
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Video Blog #044 - Hakko FA-400 Smoke Absorber ModificationThe Hakko FA-400, and it's clones, don't work that great at any kind of distance to the work in hand......so I modified mine to make it a lot better and more convenient to use on the workbench.Date: 25/03/2019 |
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Video Blog #043 - Flir C2 Optical ModificationWith MSX technology the Flir C2 is great, however, using it close-up the IR image and the optical images don't line up. I decided to 5 minute hack my C2 and get the images to converge better at very close distances, ideal for electronics use.Date: 16/02/2019 |
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Video Blog #042 - HP3457A Backlighting ModsUnhappy with the lighting on the display of my HP 3457A I had the idea to add LED backlighting to the LCD.....which doesn't support backlighting without major surgery!Date: 11/01/2019 |
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Video Blog #041 - HP3457A DMM Repair & GPIB Software OverviewPurchased from Ebay as "doesn't power up", in this video I get to the bottom of the 'fault', fix it, and then give an overview of the GPIB software I wrote to use with it and other test instruments.Date: 23/12/2018 |
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Project #025 - GPIB Windows SoftwareSome time ago I messed with an Excel spreadsheet and some VBA macros to enable my Win10 PC to gather GPIB data and present it on a graph., it worked, but I do find it a little unreliable. I needed my own app!Date: 25/11/2018 |
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Video Blog #040 - New Ultrasonic Cleaner for PCB'sI needed a new, bigger Ultrasonic Cleaner for my PCB's so settled on an Allendale-Ultrasonics cleaner, and at the same time tried out a couple of different cleaning solutions.Date: 11/11/2018 |
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Video Blog #039 - Vonyx VMM-F401 4ch Mixer Quick RepairI use this small 4ch mixer in the workshop to interface my microphone to my PC and speaker/amp setup but it developed a fault on the LED bargraph so I thought I'd attempt a quick repair.Date: 13/10/2018 |
